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Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 – the fastest 3.5" HDD in the world
Seagate Technology representatives proudly announced the establishment of a new world record. According to the official press release, they have created the fastest 3.5-inch hard drive to date, designed for industrial use in high-performance servers and data storage systems.
According to the developers, their creation, called Cheetah 15K.6, offered in versions with a capacity of 147, 300, and 450 GB with a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or Fibre Channel (FC) interface, uses second-generation perpendicular magnetic recording technology and, with a data transfer rate of 164 MB/s, is 28% faster than its predecessors. In addition, the new product boasts excellent reliability, as the manufacturer claims an average mean time between failures (MTBF) of 1.6 million hours. Another impressive feature of the Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 is that, despite its record performance, the drive has moderate power consumption requirements, as it incorporates Seagate's proprietary PowerTrim Technology for dynamic power management.
Mass production and worldwide shipments of the Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 are expected to begin in the first quarter of next year, but the likely price of the new product is currently unknown.
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The storage market is poised for fierce competition between traditional hard magnetic drives and relatively new SSD drives based on flash memory, as well as hybrid drives (HDDs with integrated flash memory). While hard drives have long been the primary devices for storing large amounts of data, flash-based drives still have to fight for their place in the sun.
Despite the strong position of magnetic drives in the storage market, many experts believe in a bright future for flash drives. Our website has repeatedly featured optimistic forecasts regarding the rate of decline in SSD drive prices and their widespread adoption in the not-too-distant future.
A recent statement by Seagate, a leader in hard drive sales, about its intention to develop flash-based drives may be an important moment in the history of flash drive development (recall that Seagate is already developing hybrid hard drives). As Seagate CEO Bill Watkins said, the initial plan is to develop products for the corporate sector.
Currently, Seagate is looking for a flash memory chip supplier. Micron Technology is being considered as one of the most likely candidates.
Incidentally, it is interesting to note Mr. Watkins' opinion on the prospects of flash drives in the storage market. He believes that flash drives will account for only about 7 percent of the storage market. According to his estimates, in 2012, a traditional 500 GB hard drive will cost about $50, which is the same price as a 50 GB flash drive.
Information from http://www.3dnews.ru
Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 – the fastest 3.5" HDD in the world
Seagate Technology representatives proudly announced the establishment of a new world record. According to the official press release, they have created the fastest 3.5-inch hard drive to date, designed for industrial use in high-performance servers and data storage systems.
According to the developers, their creation, called Cheetah 15K.6, offered in versions with a capacity of 147, 300, and 450 GB with a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or Fibre Channel (FC) interface, uses second-generation perpendicular magnetic recording technology and, with a data transfer rate of 164 MB/s, is 28% faster than its predecessors. In addition, the new product boasts excellent reliability, as the manufacturer claims an average mean time between failures (MTBF) of 1.6 million hours. Another impressive feature of the Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 is that, despite its record performance, the drive has moderate power consumption requirements, as it incorporates Seagate's proprietary PowerTrim Technology for dynamic power management.
Mass production and worldwide shipments of the Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 are expected to begin in the first quarter of next year, but the likely price of the new product is currently unknown.
+ more on the topic
The storage market is poised for fierce competition between traditional hard magnetic drives and relatively new SSD drives based on flash memory, as well as hybrid drives (HDDs with integrated flash memory). While hard drives have long been the primary devices for storing large amounts of data, flash-based drives still have to fight for their place in the sun.
Despite the strong position of magnetic drives in the storage market, many experts believe in a bright future for flash drives. Our website has repeatedly featured optimistic forecasts regarding the rate of decline in SSD drive prices and their widespread adoption in the not-too-distant future.
A recent statement by Seagate, a leader in hard drive sales, about its intention to develop flash-based drives may be an important moment in the history of flash drive development (recall that Seagate is already developing hybrid hard drives). As Seagate CEO Bill Watkins said, the initial plan is to develop products for the corporate sector.
Currently, Seagate is looking for a flash memory chip supplier. Micron Technology is being considered as one of the most likely candidates.
Incidentally, it is interesting to note Mr. Watkins' opinion on the prospects of flash drives in the storage market. He believes that flash drives will account for only about 7 percent of the storage market. According to his estimates, in 2012, a traditional 500 GB hard drive will cost about $50, which is the same price as a 50 GB flash drive.
Information from http://www.3dnews.ru
Евангелие от Иоанна, 1.5: Lux in tenebris lucet, et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt. Свет во тьме светит, и тьма не объяла его.
